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[8] and given the genus name Physalis after the Greek: φυσαλλίς - physallís, “bladder, wind instrument” in reference to the calyx that surrounds the berry. The specific name peruviana refer to the country of Peru, one of the countries of the berry's origin. In Peru, P. peruviana is known as aguaymanto in Spanish and topotopo in ...
The fruit is a rounded berry, translucent white to light yellow, orange, or red, and 1.5–2 cm (0.59–0.79 in) in diameter. The leaves are edible, containing 20 to 30% of protein in the dry leaf matter. The fruits are also edible, containing numerous small seeds. It somewhat resembles the gooseberry in appearance and is of excellent flavor. [4]
carmogilev/Getty Images. Scientific name: Rubus ursinus x Rubus idaeus Taste: Sweet, tangy, floral Health benefits: Boysenberries—a cross between a raspberry, blackberry, dewberry and loganberry ...
The leaves are simple, subsessile and closely set along branchlets, light green, resembling pinnate leaves. The flowers are greenish–yellow. The flowers are greenish–yellow. The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish–yellow, quite smooth and hard on appearance, with six vertical stripes or furrows.
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Green gooseberries Red berries of Ribes uva-crispa. Gooseberry (/ ˈ ɡ uː s b ɛ r i / GOOSS-berr-ee or / ˈ ɡ uː z b ɛ r i / GOOZ-berr-ee (American and northern British) or / ˈ ɡ ʊ z b ər i / GUUZ-bər-ee (southern British)) [1] is a common name for many species of Ribes (which also includes currants), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance, and also several ...
In a perfect world, you’d blissfully add berries to your smoothies and yogurts without a second thought. In reality, berries come with a very real risk of contamination with certain foodborne ...
Sapling. Phyllanthus acidus is an intermediary between a shrub and tree, reaching 2 to 9 m (6½ to 30 ft) high. [2] The tree's dense and bushy crown is composed of thickish, tough main branches, at the end of which are clusters of deciduous, greenish, 15-to-30-cm long branchlets.